NHL commissioner Gary Bettman publicly apologized to Kyle Beach for what the former Chicago Blackhawks prospect has been through after the player said he was sexually assaulted by an assistant coach in 2010. Bettman said the league 'could not be more sorry for the trauma that Kyle has had to endure.
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman publicly apologized to Kyle Beach for what the former Chicago Blackhawks prospect has been through after the player said he was sexually assaulted by an assistant coach in 2010.
Speaking to reporters on a video conference call Monday, Bettman said the league "could not be more sorry for the trauma that Kyle has had to endure ... our goal is to do what is necessary to continue to move forward." An independent third-party report released last week stated the allegations were largely ignored by the team.
Speaking with reporters during a virtual press conference Monday, Bettman also defended the decision to allow Florida Panthers coach Joel Quenneville, who coached with Chicago from 2008 to 2018, to be behind the bench for his team's game last Wednesday after the report was released.
The NHL fined the team US$2 million for "the organization's inadequate internal procedures and insufficient and untimely response."
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